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Behind the scenes

Birmingham's inspirational experts

Have you ever wanted to build your own robot, perfect your golf swing or listen to the sound of the stars?

Behind the scenes is offering you the chance to spend a day with one of the University of Birmingham’s inspirational academics and join in with their exciting work.

 

More about our academics |

Matt Bridge - using 3D motion analysis to perfect the golf swing

Bill Chaplin - listening to the sound of the stars

Nick Hawes - developing intelligent behaviour in robots

Susannah Thorpe - working with free-runners to research orangutans

Scott Wilson - leading an electroacoustic ensemble

 

Behind the Scenes - Scott Wilson